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Ukraine's army chief, Valery Zaluzhny, was summoned to a meeting at the president's office on Monday, where CNN reported he was told of his dismissal.
According to CNN sources, an official announcement has yet to be made, meaning Zaluzhny was still in office as of Wednesday night, however, a presidential decree is expected by the end of the week.
It would be Zelensky's biggest military shake-up since the full-scale invasion of Russia began almost two years ago.
News of Zaluzhny's meeting and dismissal broke in Kiev on Monday evening, following a rift between the president and his commander-in-chief following the failure of Ukrainian counter-offensives last year.
Tensions are said to have risen especially when Zaluzhny described the war with Russia as a stalemate in an interview with Economist magazine in November.
On Monday, presidential spokesman Serhiy Nykyforov stated that rumors of the army chief's dismissal were untrue.
The Ministry of Defense also published a message on its social media channels that read: "Dear journalists, an immediate answer to everyone: No, this is not true."
And in his daily evening speech on Monday, Zelensky himself made no reference to his army chief at all.
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